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1. Daggubati Suresh Babu


14-05-2017/daggubati-suresh-babu.jpg Born in South India on December 24, Daggubati Suresh Babu is a notable producer of South Indian film industry renowned mainly for producing Telugu films. Suresh Babu was the child of Rajeswari Daggubati and Dr. ‘D Ramanaidu’, Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner. He had two siblings-one brother and one sister. Suresh’s father was also a well-known producer of his time...
Date of Birth: 24-12
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 24-12
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu

2. KS Chithra


05-07-2017/k.-s.-chithra.jpg Chithra is a worldwide known Indian soulful singer. Her original name is Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra. Born in July 1963, Chithra has grown into a versatile singer who can sing all variants. Though she is a born Malayali, she sang in more than 13 languages so far, and the number is still going on. She is fondly known as Chinna...
Date of Birth: 27-07-1963
Age: 61
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 27-07-1963
Age: 61
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam

3. Nirmalamma


Nirmalamma-New.png Nirmalamma is a famous Telugu actor who was born in 1920 in a village near Machilipatnam in Krishna district. She started her career at a very young age of 10. She received an award from Bollywood actor Prithviraj Kapoor for her role of a beggar in a play `Aakali’. After her plays `Tulasi’ and `Sakkubai’ became popular, she got a...
Date of Birth: 1927
Date of Death: 19-02-2009
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1927
Date of Death: 19-02-2009
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress

4. Srilakshmi


Srilakshmi.jpg Srilakshmi, the veteran comedy actor of the Telugu film industry is one of those outstanding comedians who was introduced by one of the most talented comedy directors of his time, Jandhyala. In the time when female actors were rarely taking up comical roles, Sri Lakshmi made generations of the Telugu audiences laugh with all her hilarious roles.   Although she was the...
Date of Birth: 30-07
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 30-07
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Actress

5. Maheshwari


Maheswari.jpg Maheswari is a popular South Indian film actress, who was born on and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on August 26. Maheswari studied at Adarsh Vidyalaya, T. Nagar. She acted in many Telugu and Tamil films and she is the cousin of Sridevi, a popular South Indian film actress. She got married to Jayakrishnan, a Software Engineer who...
Date of Birth: 26-08-1977
Age: 47
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 26-08-1977
Age: 47
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress

6. Venu Thottempudi


venu-thottempudi.jpg One of the good looking South Indian actor's is Venu Thottempudi, who works in Telugu cinema. He was born in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Venu is the nephew of famous Telugu person B. Gopal. He got married to Anupama Choudharyin the year 2001. The couple has two children. He completed his graduation (engineering) from Dharwad Engineering College. His friends, Shyamprasad,...
Date of Birth: 04-06-1976
Age: 48
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 04-06-1976
Age: 48
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor

7. Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry


s/i/r/i/v/e/sirivennela-seetharama-sastry.png Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry is an Indian Lyricist and Poet. He works in the Telugu Film Industry as a Lyricist. His actual name is Chembolu Seetharama Sastry. Sastry was born on the 20th of May in the year 1955. He was born in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh. He is currently staying in Hyderabad, Telangana. Seetharama Sastry had his debut with writing songs...
Date of Birth: 20-05-1955
Age: 69
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 20-05-1955
Age: 69
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Lyricist

8. Vasiraju Prakasam


v/a/s/i/r/a/vasiraju-prakasam.png Vasiraju Prakasam is a film critic, producer, and journalist in the Indian film industry predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is also the producer of few television serials in the channel Doordarshan. Vasiraju Prakasam has produced some famous films such as Balaraju Katha, Kalam Marindi and Bapujee Bharatham. Vasiraju Prakasam was born in Andhra Pradesh, India....
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:

9. Ram Gopal Varma


ram-gopal-varma.png Ram Gopal Varma is a famed Indian film director and writer, critically acclaimed for his work in the Telugu cinema and Bollywood industry. He speaks a million messages through his films and has been widely appreciated for his realistic portrayal of characters that act as a mirror image of the Indian society....
Date of Birth: 07-04-1962
Age: 62
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 07-04-1962
Age: 62
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

10. Srinivasa Raju


s/r/i/n/i/v/srinivasa-raju.jpg Although Srinivasa Raju is an Andhra descendant, he left Tollywood and earned fame and popularity for directing few well-known Kannada movies such as ‘Sangathi’ (2008), ‘Kote’ (2011), ‘Nannavanu’ (2010) and ‘Dandupalya’ (2012). His first film ‘Sangathi' was a bad effort ffom him, except that the film had the best songs and a few good action scenes. The film boasted of...
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Writer, Director

11. Vandemataram Srinivas


v/a/n/d/e/m/vandemataram-srinivas.jpg Vandemataram Srinivas is a well-known Indian music director from the Telugu film industry. Vandemataram Srinivas is his stage name, and his real-life name is Kanneboyina Srinivasa Rao. He was born on 6th January 1964 in a village near Khammam, a district in Telangana in Andhra Pradesh. He is an award-winning, multi-talented south Indian artist. He has entertained people by serving roles...
Date of Birth: 06-01-1966
Age: 59
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 06-01-1966
Age: 59
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

12. Srihari


s/r/i/h/a/r/srihari.jpg Raghumudri Srihari was a magnificent actor born on the 15th of August in the year 1964, popularly known as Srihari. This actor is an Award Winning actor from Tollywood, which refers to the Telugu Industry of the Indian Cinema. He was born in Vijayawada, Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh India. His family was from Gudivada. Srihari was brought up in...
Date of Birth: 15-08-1964
Date of Death: 09-10-2013
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 15-08-1964
Date of Death: 09-10-2013
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

13. Srinu Vaitla


srinu-vaitla.jpg Shrinu Vaitla is an Indian film director predominantly working in Telugu film industry. The 43year old director is from Kandulapalem, East Godavari District. His first venture movie called ‘Nee Kosam’ having in lead Ravi Teja and Maheshwari, produced by Ghanta Srinivas in 1999 did not do well in box offices. But this movie made a path to the heart of...
Date of Birth: 20-09-1972
Age: 52
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 20-09-1972
Age: 52
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director

14. Mahendran


mahendran.jpg Master Mahendran is a popular child actor, who turned to be a hero through the movie Vizha. Master Mahendran was born in the year 1991 in Hyderabad. His career as a child artist started from his third age through the movie Naatamai. He has acted in more than a century of movies as a child artist. He got the Tamilnadu...
Date of Birth: 23-01-1991
Age: 33
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-01-1991
Age: 33
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

15. Venkatesh Daggubati


d/a/g/g/u/b/daggubati-venkatesh.jpg One of the most talented face in Telugu film industry, his latest flick ’ Drushyam’ proves that age does not matter to be a successful hero in the industry. In his career spanning 27 years, the actor still has huge fanfare and he is the evergreen hero of Telugu cinema. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he...
Date of Birth: 13-12-1960
Age: 64
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 13-12-1960
Age: 64
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor

16. M S Narayana


24-03-2017/m-s-narayana.png M.S. Narayana was a film Telugu actor in South India. He was born on 16 April 1951 at Nidamarru, Andhra Pradesh. He has acted in more than 750 films. He was born to Mailavarapu Bapi Raju and Venkata Subbamma....
Date of Birth: 16-04-1951
Date of Death: 23-01-2015
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 16-04-1951
Date of Death: 23-01-2015
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

17. L B Sriram


13-08-2019/l-b-sriram.jpg L B Sriram is a renowned Telugu actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He was born as Lanka Bhadradri Sri Ram in the village of Nedunuru, East Godavari. He is the son of Sri Lanka Venkata Rama Sastri Somayaji, a famous Vedic scholar, who received the Rashtrapathi Award in 1994....
Date of Birth: 30-05-1952
Age: 72
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 30-05-1952
Age: 72
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

18. Hariharan


h/a/r/i/h/a/hariharan.jpg Hariharan is a renowned Indian singer, who sings mainly for Hindi and Tamil films. Born in 1955, he is a well-known Ghazal singer. He was also instrumental in bringing fusion music to India. Colonial Cousins is the name given to Hariharan’s band, wherein he collaborated with Lesle Lewis. This band was featured in many private albums. Not only this, they have...
Date of Birth: 03-04-1955
Age: 69
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 03-04-1955
Age: 69
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

19. Raghava Lawrence


Lawrence-Raghavendra.jpg Lawrence Raghavendra is a popular Choreographer, director and actor of South India. He began his career as a choreographer and later on turned into an actor. He got the blessings from the veteran director Balachander, that one day or another, he will become a Super Star as Rajini. He cherishes that moment and he finally became a Super Star in...
Date of Birth: 09-01-1976
Age: 49
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 09-01-1976
Age: 49
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

20. Mallikarjuna Rao


Mallikarjuna-Rao.jpg Battala Satti is the nick name of Mallikarjuna Rao. He got that name from the film Ladies Tailor. Mallikarjuna Rao has acted in almost all the south Indian movies. Born in 1951, this legendary actor has completed acting in 350 films and more. His film career started when he was 22 years. Hello Brother is the movie in which he...
Date of Birth: 1951
Date of Death: 24-06-2008
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1951
Date of Death: 24-06-2008
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

21. Tanikella Bharani


t/a/n/i/k/e/tanikella-bharani.jpg Tanikella Bharani is a renowned actor in Telugu and Tamil cinemas. He has also acted in Hindi movies. Born in Secunderabad, this talented person completed his graduation in Commerce. He is also a post graduate diploma holder in Theatre arts. In his initial stages, Tanikella Bharani was writing scripts and dialogues for the stage dramas. He moved to Chennai to...
Date of Birth: 14-07-1954
Age: 70
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-07-1954
Age: 70
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor

22. Kasinadhuni Viswanath


29-09-2017/kasinathuni-viswanath.jpg Kasinadhuni Viswanath is a famous south Indian film actor, writer, director. He is from Repalle, Andhra Pradesh. Kasinathuni Viswanath’s father’s name was Subrahmanyam and mother’s name was saraswathamma. He married Jaya lakshmi and he has 3 children and their names are Ravindhranath, Nagendhranath and Padhmavathi. And he has 4 grand children: pranav, hema, swarna, and naren. His mother tongue is...
Date of Birth: 19-02-1930
Date of Death: 02-02-2023
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 19-02-1930
Date of Death: 02-02-2023
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director

23. Kanal Kannan


Kannan.jpg Kanal Kannan is an Indian actor, screenwriter, stunt director and a stunt choreographer in Kollywood, Malayalam cinema etc. He was born in Tamil Nadu. Kanal Kannan is one of the highly respected and senior stunt directors in south India. Kannan, as a stunt master is believed to beequalling Jackie Chan and is poised to become Tamil version of the same....
Date of Birth: 01-01-1969
Age: 56
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 01-01-1969
Age: 56
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil